Thread: '57 Chevy gasser build

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Well Dave, I guess by the response you've gotten on this project that you are in BIG trouble now. Every night you are going to have 100 people waiting for your latest update. Get out in that garage, you have fans to take care of here, ya know!!!!

Don

Can`t believe you ain`t started yet....!

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Well Dave, I guess by the response you've gotten on this project that you are in BIG trouble now. Every night you are going to have 100 people waiting for your latest update. Get out in that garage, you have fans to take care of here, ya know!!!!

Don

Yeah, seems like it Don!!! Got to get the '36 Plymouth done and gone, then a roadster project is coming in...it's an easy build so I'm planning on getting the '57 in, dissassembled, and off to the sandblaster. I've got two rotiserie's now, one for the frame and one for the body... By the time the roadster gets off the chassis table the '57 frame can go on there.... Looks like about 30 days to get all the chassis plans formulated then put it on the table and go to work!

Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?


I really need a big shop again, just too dang old to take on all that grief another time!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

That is a neat look!!!! I'm a Ford guy, forgot the 150's had different trim... Were the 210's and Bel Airs trimmed the same, or were they different, too?

The long run trim was the same, the difference on the quarters was the BA had the "striped" stainless insert, the 210 didn't. There were other minor pieces too, the BA being the laden one, the 210 cleaner, less trimmed out.

Yours looks like it might be a 210 body and a BA nose, little tough to tell though cause I'm trying to see holes on a dull finish.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

The long run trim was the same, the difference on the quarters was the BA had the "striped" stainless insert, the 210 didn't. There were other minor pieces too, the BA being the laden one, the 210 cleaner, less trimmed out.

So, only the 210's had the area on the quarters between the chrome painted then????? Thinking like the body in blue or red, then the insert (or whatever it's called) and the roof done in white????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

That is a neat look!!!! I'm a Ford guy, forgot the 150's had different trim... Were the 210's and Bel Airs trimmed the same, or were they different, too?

Here's the Bel-Air insert...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/-...-de-vries.html
Here's a 210, they omitted the insert and painted it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...t-archives.jpg
completely different on the 150....
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2618...10957762AkYity
http://www.performancemotorsportsnew...classItemID=30

Thanks Richard, I got it now... The two tone black and white 150 really looks sharp!

engine tall deck bbc bore it to 4.625 i know some one that has just a block. put a 3.500 crank in it thats a 470 cid bbc good set of rods miller s or grp good set of heads cnc380 darts should work and a nice roller cam. no need for a tack just wind it up till every one clears the starting line then dump the clutch

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

no need for a tack just wind it up till every one clears the starting line then dump the clutch

Now that sounds like my kind of engine!!!!!

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

no need for a tach, just wind it up till every one clears the starting line then dump the clutch

roflmao
I can see the starter duckin' down behind the Armasteel before he flips the switch.....

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

no need for a tack just wind it up till every one clears the starting line then dump the clutch

Holy crap

Question:
On the ladder bar pics that Don put up, the top picture with the wheelie bars has the straight bar on the bottom, the other picture has the straight bar on top.... As a general rule on round tube ladder bars the bottom tube is straight and parallel with the ground and the top bar is angled with the adjustable link.... Does the car care which bar is straight and parallel with the ground??? Going to have to plot out some IC's and see where they come out.... Not so much a question as just thinking out loud I guess....

Usually these were more lift bars and as such had no upper bar/lower bar adjustment, only a rod end at the front to true them up to the chassis. The purpose of these was two fold: Keep the rear from winding up on the springs, and to transfer lift to the chassis to get the front end up under accelleration. They weren't as effective as later developments, but they sure look cool hanging down under there.

Don

(any progress yet, Dave? We're waiting............... )

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Usually these were more lift bars and as such had no upper bar/lower bar adjustment, only a rod end at the front to true them up to the chassis. The purpose of these was two fold: Keep the rear from winding up on the springs, and to transfer lift to the chassis to get the front end up under accelleration. They weren't as effective as later developments, but they sure look cool hanging down under there.

Don

(any progress yet, Dave? We're waiting............... )

Yeah, just thinking I can use the old design with new technology to get the right look and perhaps improve on their performance.... Got to have the long bars, for sure!!!! A modern 4 bar would certainly work better, but it'd be like putting a dress on a pig---it'd still look like a pig!!!!!

I really like the set in your picture with the wheelie bars built into the same bracketry, think I'll probably end up with something quite similar---THANKS!!!

Wow Dave, what a response you have had with this project.Can I add my 2 cents worth please? Okay I can then, first, I think the steel tilt front with the separate opening bonnet is the way to go.. I also like the idea of the EFI fuel system looking like the early Hilborn injection as one can't bet 8 pipes sticking through a bonnet. The rest I think all the others have nailed for you. Oh one last thing Dave, Pepper looks like one mean guard dog and as Don said... the odd picture of him and or guard cat will keep us happy while following your build thread.
Cheers Whiplash...